i ask you americans how prevalent sierra nevada and brooklyn lager are in the us

because we only see them in special pubs over here. the only american beer that is widely spread are the bad ones like miller, coors and budweiser. they all suck and taste like water. when i tried sierra nevada it was the first time i'd tried a flavoursome american beer and it encouraged me to seek out others. so the image that is put out typically is that americans drink shit beer. i wonder how commonplace the nice beers are.

for example: over here, the most popular ale is London Pride, but that tastes shit. the smaller craft ales are much nicer. is that the same over there?

Grey wrote:for example: over here, the most popular ale is London Pride, but that tastes shit. the smaller craft ales are much nicer. is that the same over there?

Pretty much, ya.

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

Very much so, there's a handful of large brewers that dominate the market(Budweiser being the largest) and then there's some smaller regional brewers that have bigger sales than the craft brewers but are hard to find nationwide, Yuengling is a company very regional to the eastern seaboard, Shiner is very regional to Texas and few surrounding states. The thing that works for craft brewers in the US is that Americans aren't attached to a few national beer styles, so the brewers can find a niche of a couple beers that they can sell year round and then they can do seasonal beers to try out new ideas and get market feedback.

I got a Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest poster. Their main brewery is in Chico, and I have family there, so I got to visit the brewery. Awesome place. Entirely self-sustained, powered by solar panels everywhere. Special beers and the like.

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

I saw Rubgy 7's once. The commentators spent the whole half hour leading up to the game building up this one guy, Peter Tiberio. Talking about how good he was, how his team would win since they had him, blah blah. Like 5 minutes in he gets his arm broken.

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

<__< it has a hell of alot to do with it actually, she way more mature than i am and has way different tastes than I do,so even though she said she doesnt care what i get her, i dont know what to get her

"Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green cloth was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face; but the gleam of his eyes could be seen as he watched the hobbits."

Yeah, it doesn't surprise me. NBC is trying to build up this sport for America because it's going to be a big part of the next Olympics. Also NBC doesn't have any other sports for the next few months besides hockey, so they're going to build up some alternative sports.